brennik

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Cornish

Alternative forms

(Revived Late Cornish) bernik, brednik

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *baranāko, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain, hill”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Compare Breton brennig, Welsh brennig.

Noun

brennik m (singulative brenigen)

(collective) limpets

Mutation

Mutation of *brennik*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
brennik	vrennik	unchanged	prennik	frennik	vrennik

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57

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